I realized after moving to Korea and having my copy of this family record shipped here that it would be such a tragedy to lose it. I don't know how many hard copies there are out there. I believe that my mother, Angela Marri Welch Mecham, has the original. In any case, I felt that it was important that more people than just a handful have access to these documents, so I have scanned the copy that I have.
Below are links to sections of the record divided by the first letter of the last name of the head of the household i.e. the records are typically listed under the father's last name; however, in the case where there was an illegitimate child, the family is listed under the mother's maiden name.The pages of the record are more or less in alphebetical order by last name. I hope that you find these records valuable. My favorite part of having gone through these records is seeing all the little comments that Grandma Pia wrote about each family and the letters that she wrote in Dutch requesting information from those in charge of the Dutch Archives .
As a side note, any documents that contain information about individuals that are less than 100 years old have been edited to protect their privacy. Information such as birth dates, marriage dates, and addresses I covered in red on the scanned image of the record. If you are a family member and would like this information, please email me. If you are one of those individuals whose name appears on the records and feel that the edited document still contains too much personal information about yourself, please contact me and I will be glad to remove anything that you feel uncomfortable with.
For instructions on how to view or use the documents posted below, please scroll down to the bottom of this page. If you have any other questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at charlotte.adsero@gmail.com.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Before you delve into the documents, let me give you a little bit of an explanation. First off, if you are looking for a specific name, you can type it in the space at the top of this page which says "Search this Site". It will give you a list of locations where that name comes up. Only the father of the household's name is searchable on this website. However, if you do not know the name of the father or husband of the person you are looking for, you can likely find them by searching through my Picasa Web Album, as I have tagged each page with each name listed on that page. Anyway, here are some basic steps for those of you who are perhaps less that computer savvy than others.
- Find the first letter of the last name of the person you are looking for above and click on it.
- Scan through the names listed on the page that comes up. The names are not always in perfect alphabetical order. If you can't find the name you are looking for, it may not be there, or it may be out of order. Try pushing "Ctrl-F" (i.e. the control button and the letter "F" on your keyboard at the same time). A little box will pop up where you can type in the name or part of the name you are looking for and it will highlight it for you on the page.
- Click on the name of the person who's record you'd like to view.
- A new window will open with that page of the record. To zoom in so it is actually legible, push the "Magnifier" button in the top right corner as shown by the red arrow in the image below.
- Click and hold the mouse button down on the image and move your mouse in order to pan any direction on the zoomed-in image.
- If you still can't figure it out, don't hesitate to email me: charlotte.adsero@gmail.com
